A change in life

Back to Hogwarts 

The next day, Sullivan brings breakfast, shows Valerius and Sebastian where they could wash and checks Severus' temperature and injury.

"Sir, Heir Prince has a little fever. I'll inform healer Strout. From what I learned, it's not unexpected. I will bring a potion for it. If you allow, I can use a cleaning charm to remove the sweat."

"Thank you, but it's not necessary. If you can, please bring a little tub with water and a sponge. It's a little difficult for me, if someone points his wand at my mate. So, if we can reduce it to a low level, I would appreciate it."

"Of course, sir. I come back in some minutes."

"Thank you."

As soon as they finished breakfast, Valerius and Sebastian are taking the kids to the hospital washrooms. Sullivan had brought the water and had given Severus the anti-fever Potion, of course with the clearance of healer Strout to do so. He told them the healer would come in an hour and should be everything fine, they could leave with Severus.

Harry is washing carefully Severus' body, while the others are gone. Now, that he could put his full attention to every uncovered part on Severus' body, he's able to see how much his mate had actually changed. Back at Hogwarts, as he saw Severus's upper body the first time, he could see many scars, now his skin was almost completely free from them. Harry had seen, there were old, surely over a decade around, also others who seemed no older than a few months or those, which had finally healed. The size had variate from between one to thirty inches. The biggest scar was across Severus' back down to his hip. Harry could only guess, but from the look, it had been one of the oldest, maybe even as Severus was a student himself. Who knows, how much he got from the marauders alone. However, now all the scars were gone with the exception the one he got from Molly Weasley.

Furthermore, there are also other changes in Severus' appearance. Gone are the crooked nose and greasy hair. Not that Harry had cared, but he couldn't deny that Severus is even more attractive now. His skin isn't any longer a pale grey, but a beautiful snow white. His ears seem a little sharper at the ends and his now bright raven-black hair is now falling smoothly from his head, some strands lying in his face. 'An Angel indeed.' thought Harry a little amused. Even if Severus might never turn into a full death angel, it was clear that he, at least, was a half creature now. Maybe it's because, Severus' father was just a muggle and Eileen wasn't the biological child from Sebastian. As the Death Angel had said, the chance for Severus' or his children to turn into a creature was slim, but not completely ruled out, as you could now see.

Harry carefully removes the strands of hair from Severus' face, enjoying just observing his sleeping mate before he moves Severus back, so his face lays again against Harry's neck. He lays one hand on Severus abdomen while stroking his mate's head with the other.

"I hadn't noticed Severus' change due to all the tumult.", said Sebastian suddenly, standing next to the bed with a sleepy Silvana in his arms.

"Neither have I. He's quite handsome, I like it." Sebastian chuckled, while placing the little girl next to her mother.

"I'm grateful that the change into a half death angel seems to have healed his body in a great deal."

"You have no idea. From what I have saw before his change, his whole body was covered in scars. I fear some of his scars he got from my 'supposed' father and his friends."

"What do you mean?"

"I had a talk with some of the professors, who knew Severus when he still was a student. My parents, or should I say my mother and James Potter, were at the same age as were James' friends. They called themselves the Marauders. From what I learned, Severus and my mother were friends even before they entered Hogwarts. James was jealous about their friendship and thought they loved each other, though it was more like brother and sister. From day one, James and Sirius Black, my godfather, hated Severus, even more when he was sorted into Slytherin. Lily, my mother, was sorted into Gryffindor and James, who I thought was my father, tried to court her, but she didn't like him. It was after the fifth year, that everything changed. Severus and my mother broke up their friendship due to an incident. I don't know what happened exactly, but I'm sure it was something bad. The professors think it's strange and it may all be a setup from Dumbledore, who wanted Severus to join the Death Eaters, so if You-know-who might attack my parents, Severus would become Dumbledore's spy. After all, he loved my mother even after they break up."